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Instant Pot Tomato Soup

Simple and delicious recipes are always a win! Here is one such comforting tomato soup recipe perfect for all, especially kids and toddlers made in Instant Pot. Check out the tomato soup recipe with a detailed video.

This winter, I shared quite a few rasam recipes like instant rasam, ginger rasam and updated my jeera milagu rasam with new video and pictures. But I missed sharing some soup recipes. The weather is still wet here in California and thought why not share our favorite soup recipe which is the tomato soup.

Guess what folks, you can relish this soup made with fresh tomatoes any time of the year. It is a very basic soup recipe with tomatoes, but I included carrots and drumstick as well. The addition of veggies enhances the flavor and also provides essential nutrients. This soup is perfect for toddlers and kids. It is a great way to introduce new vegetables to your little ones.

Instead of carrots and drumsticks, you can add other veggies like butternut squash, pumpkin, sweet potatoes and make your version. The red lentils help to thicken the soup a bit, but you can entirely skip that or use other lentils of your choice. See this recipe is super adaptable.

Ways to Puree the Soup:

Before getting into the recipe, I want to share about pureeing the soup. As we are using moringa pods, we need to take out the flesh and discard the outer green part. Allow the veggies to cool and drain the water but make sure to reserve it. Remove the tomato skin and take out the flesh from the moringa pods as shown in the video. Then you can puree it in two ways,

If you have a hand blender, you can puree all the vegetables inside the inner pot itself. Add the reserved water as required while pureeing.

You can puree the soup by transferring the ingredients into a mixer jar or blender. Use the reserved water as needed while pureeing. While pureeing the soup in the blender, do not add the entire reserved water at once. It can splash so add as needed.

Now without any further ado, here is the simple recipe and the video. Please share and subscribe to my channel. Don’t forget to share your feedback.

Ingredients:

3 Roma Tomatoes halved

1 carrot, chopped into small chunks

5 moringa pod pieces/drumsticks

1 tbsp red lentils

1.5 cups water

1 tsp sugar

½ tsp salt

½ tsp Italian seasoning (A mix of dried basil, thyme, oregano)

½ tsp freshly ground black pepper

Steps:

Add the Roma tomatoes, chopped carrots, moringa pods, red lentils and 1.5 cups of water to the inner pot of the Instant Pot.

Close the Instant Pot and make sure the vent is in the sealing position.

Now select the manual mode and set the time to 15 minutes at high pressure. Pressure cook for 15 minutes and release the pressure naturally.

After the pressure is all released, carefully open the lid and allow it to cool for 10 to 15 minutes.

Drain the water from the inner pot and reserve it.

Now remove the tomato skin from the cooked tomatoes and discard. Add the tomatoes to the blender.

Also, open the moringa pods and remove the flesh and add it to the blender. Discard the outer covering.

Add the cooked carrots and lentils into the blender and puree it by adding the reserved water. Check the above for ways to puree the soup.

Now set the Instant Pot in saute mode. Add the puree and reserved water (if any) back into the pot

Add the salt, sugar, pepper and Italian seasoning and mix. Simmer for 5 minutes and turn off the Instant Pot.

Adjust salt and pepper before serving.

Add a dollop of regular or vegan butter and serve hot.

Recipe Notes-

As always adjust the salt and spices according to your preference.

You can make this in the pressure cooker also.

You can add veggies of your choice instead of carrots and drumsticks along with tomatoes.

I did not strain the soup, but you can strain it using a mesh strainer.